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farss wrote on 12/24/2004, 8:54 AM
There is some software around to it but I'd question it being cheap or quick!
DVDs are WAY cheaper, have random access and are MUCH faster.
Seems like a great idea until you think it through. There used to be a system to do the same thing using VHS tape as well and even before DVDs appeared on the scene even that wasn't so attractive.
Bob.
krb wrote on 12/24/2004, 9:06 AM
Yeah, 1 speed, having to use my camcorder as a drive, and no random access does sound crummy, but I'd still like to know how to do it. Dual layer DVDs are still expensive, so the thought of 11GB on a $4 or so tape is a little attractive...
BillyBoy wrote on 12/24/2004, 9:07 AM
Like Bob said, a pain in the butt and not cheap, but you can 'print to tape' and Vegas will record via a fireport A/D setup to a miniDV tape directly to your camea. Being a tad paronoid, I make three backups of everything I consider important, using three different types of medium.

1. 'print to tape' (mini DV tape)
2. burn a DVD
3. a copy to a removable hard drive.

My "logic" or paranoia if you prefer is thinking that if I have some kind of failure, then having backup on different types of media makes more sense then just multiple backups on the same media. Only through my own negligence did I once need to use my DV tape backup. I had made adjustments then foolishly used a file name I already had in use effectively destroying all my backups of a older file. My DV tape saved my butt.

If you do it this way render to the DV tape first writing to a hard drive. Then close your project and reload THIS file if you're burning a DV and it will fly along at a good clip not taking any longer, sometimes less then the length of the project to render the MPEG-2 version. This too then becomes the 'disk backup' version. I'm thinking of stopping bothering with DV tape since I purchased a Seagate 300GB external with BounceBack software. This is faster and while a second hard drive copy is on a seperate drive.




krb wrote on 12/24/2004, 9:13 AM
>. 'print to tape' (mini DV tape)

Can I "print to tape" data? Does it have to be a DV avi file? I'd like to zip up a bunch of files and get those onto the tape in some lossless format, if possible.
kentwolf wrote on 12/24/2004, 10:43 AM
>>Does it have to be a DV avi file?

It just has to be something that Vegas can handle (. i.e. audio, video; not a spreadsheet or Word document.)
krb wrote on 12/24/2004, 11:25 AM
That's too bad...I was hoping there was some codec somewhere that could fake it and let me put generic data on the tape.
TomHHI wrote on 12/24/2004, 11:30 AM
There is such software. Search for DVSTREAMER. It puts any data into a DV wrapper and writes it to the tape.
krb wrote on 12/24/2004, 12:05 PM
Thanks...that looks exactly like what I am looking for...